Smits claims its new spreader eases loading and unloading listing ships.

Smits Spreader Systems has claimed an innovation break-though with the development of a new spreader featuring both longitudinal and traversal adjustment capability.
The CH 6600 TA FT can lift two 25-tonne containers and was designed to combat the difficulties of loading and unloading container ships when they list from side to side in tidal or choppy waters.
"It will allow the crane driver to position the spreader and the containers at exactly the same angle as the ship deck or ship cells," the company said.
The new technology was first installed at the Port of Rauma in Finland in April, with great success.
Smits said several other stevedores had expressed their interest in the new spreader and a heavier version, capable of lifting two 35-tonne containers, was in development.